Tag: Patent Assertion Entity (PAE)
Tuesday Markup of Litigation Funding Legislation
Although John Squires is busy destroying the PTAB—as of last week, he has now gone 0 for 34 on allowing institution of IPR petitions he reviews—the story in Congress is more positive. Tomorrow, t...
Not Just Tech: Battling Patent Trolls in the Healthcare Industry
Critics of efforts to mitigate patent troll abuse often make claims that patent troll concerns are overblown, or that the whole concept is a tech industry fabrication. But recent reporting from Bloomb...
From Blackbird to Burford: Push for Funder Ownership of Law Firm is Cause for Concern
Burford Capital, the world’s largest third-party litigation funder, has announced plans to take their business model one step further. It is now exploring acquiring minority stakes in law firms, in ...
Patent Troll Fumbles Cases Against NFL Teams
Earlier this month, a particularly aggressive non-practicing entity (NPE) – TicketMatrix LLC – quietly dropped a pair of patent infringement lawsuits against two National Football League teams, th...
DOJ Misses the Mark on Injunctions
On July 11, 2025, the non-practicing entity (NPE) Radian Memory Systems LLC dropped a request for injunctive relief against Samsung after the defendant provided new evidence that undercut the immediat...
New, Illegal, Guidance Means More Arbitrary Denials, Less Accountability at USPTO
Last week, Acting USPTO Director Coke Morgan Stewart accelerated the agency’s recent backslide on policies governing the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) by issuing an “interim process” that...
Attorney Misconduct in EDTX Exposes Patent Troll’s Blatant Judge Shopping
In late January, Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas (EDTX) ordered attorney Randall Gartesier to “relearn the fundamentals of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure” after he mis...
New GAO Report Highlights Growing Threat of Third-Party Funding in Patent Cases
On December 5th, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report detailing its findings from an investigation into third-party funding of patent litigation. The report confirms what ...
The PREVAIL Act Would Perpetuate Unjust Monopolies, Deter Innovation, and Violate the Founders’ Patent Principles
The Federalist Society on its website quotes former President Ronald Reagan as saying “The Federalist Society is … returning the values and concepts of law as our founders understood them to schol...